Trump says Strait of Hormuz oil traffic is higher "than at any point since the start of the war"

During this week’s United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump pointed to the Strait of Hormuz while claiming a wartime record for oil traffic there and saying up to 37 ships crossed daily. According to the article, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations group said independent monitoring showed far fewer merchant ships than figures released by the U.S. military. Other reports cited there said recent daily transits had fallen below an average of 17, compared with 125 before the war. The conflicting counts formed part of the article’s broader examination of accuracy in Trump’s UN address.